glad about gladiators, not!

while it took a good 8 years for gladiator sandals to take off after the blockbuster movie, these sandals have held on for quite some time now and have metamorphosed into new forms. my personal opinion, they have overstayed their welcome and should be left alone with maximus and comrades before the shoe world takes another step to ugly.

images grabbed from here, here, and here.

disco is dead

are my ears playing tricks on me or did i just hear a late-30ish female say disco for club?

hey you, wake up and get yourself a time machine!

image grabbed from here.

congratulations: the new erap-tion

nag-concede na mga presidentiables kay noynoy, si erap ayaw pa kasi sabi ng pcos machine sa kanya "congratulations" kaya sure siya na panalo daw siya.*

*joke circulating via text mesage

image grabbed from here.

the comeback

well, well, well. look what our memory-challenged countrymen have brought us. bongbong marcos as senator. imelda marcos as congresswoman. imee marcos as governor. what's next, martial law?

image grabbed from here.

bye bye, krissy

"i made a promise to noy that if he wins, i will leave the country and work abroad." — kris aquino

so fb is once more abuzz. volunteerism is at work again. somebody proposed to take care of organization. another, the food. still another, the invites. and all kris has to do is show up and pay for the tab, of course.

kris aquino's despedida. all haters invited.

but then again, promises are made to be broken. so bear with her unbearable presence or, to quote krissy, "leave the country".

shaker shock

rewind: i was browsing the moma (museum of modern art) online store one day when i chanced upon this witty hug salt and pepper shaker set that i, for a change, loved on sight. 30 usd.

fast forward: i was browsing through stores at the suan lum night bazaar in bangkok when i chanced upon sets upon sets of moma's hug salt and pepper shakers. 40 baht apiece or roughly a dollar and 25 cents. replicas, of course.

now, go have your eyes, or your head, checked if you can't tell which pair is the original...

original moma set image grabbed from here.

election givens

1. defeat of men like perlas and teodoro. pinoys are not ready for non-traditional players and non-traditional campaigns.

2. defeat of jamby madrigal. pinoys are not and will never be ready for her.

3. miriam defensor-santiago as senator for the nth time. no one wants boredom to rule the upper house, right?

4. action stars as senators. no wonder they don't do action movies anymore. they're more in demand at the senate where their inaction is valued and appreciated.

5. gma in the house! did you honestly, and i mean honestly, think she will lose?

election horrors

1. aquino-binay. "kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap" just doesn't sound right anymore.

2. pcos machines. suffrage is now short for suffer and rage. (go ask voters who lined up for hours under the scorching sun.)

3. pacman victory outside of the ring. doom for pacquiao-vs.-mayweather hopefuls.

4. erap at number 2. you mean if cory aquino did not die and her son did not run, the ex-con would be president of the republic of the philippines again?

lovers not fighters

filipinos are lovers not fighters and, most certainly, not haters. it's a shame, i know but how else would you explain erap's number 2 ranking at the polls? (yes, the same erap who was stripped of his presidential title for major league corruption.) or bongbong marcos's impressive showing at the senatorial race? (the bongbong marcos, son of the late dictator whose family was forced into exile for plunder and abuse of power.) ugh.

don't you think the world, the philippines in particular, will be better off if there were more haters, specifically those not suffering from short-term memory loss, in it?